Famous People with Name Giannina

Giannina Facio            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Giannina Facio: is a Costa Rican actress, who has appeared in a number of films including Gladiator and Black Hawk Down.

Giannina Arangi-Lombardi            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Giannina Arangi-Lombardi: was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.After studies in Naples with B. Carelli, she made her debut in Rome in 1920, singing for three years mezzo-soprano roles. After further studies with Adelina Stehle and Pol

Giannina Russ            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Giannina Russ: was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Russ studied piano and voice at the Milan Music Conservatory with Leoni. She made her debut in Bologna, as Mimi, in 1903, at La Scala in 1905, as Aida, and in Florence in

Giannina Braschi            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Giannina Braschi: credited with writing the first Spanglish novel YO-YO BOING! (1998) and the poetry trilogy Empire of Dreams (Yale, 1994), which chronicles the Latin American immigrant's experiences in the United States. "For decades, Dominican and Puerto Rican authors have carried out a linguistic revolution," noted The Boston Globe, and "Giannina Braschi, especially in her novel YO-YO BOING!, testify to it."[1] Her work is a "synergetic fusion that marks in a determinant fashion the lived experiences of U. S. Hispanics." [2]

Claudio Gamboa Calderón            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claudio Gamboa Calderón: is a Costa Rican actress, who has appeared in a number of films by British film director and producer Ridley Scott. She first worked with Scott in Gladiator (2000); as of then, she has been Scott's partner. The film marked the first of two collaborations with Russell Crowe in which she plays wife to his character (the other being Body of Lies, 2008). Overall, she has acted to date in a total of nine films by Ridley Scott, all of them minor roles/cameo appearances.